Professor Vivian Nutton FBA

The history of medicine from the ancient Greeks to the 17th century, especially Galen (129-216 C.E.) and the Galenic tradition, including editions and translations of Latin and Greek texts

Elected 2008

Fellow type: UK Fellow
Year elected: 2008
Sections: Classical Antiquity
Website: http://nutton.org.uk/

Vivian Nutton is a historian of medicine who has written extensively on from the ancient Greeks to the 17th century, especially Galen (129-216 C.E.) and the Galenic tradition. As well as his book on medicine in Classical Antiquity, he has published editions and translations of Latin and Greek texts from Antiquity and the Renaissance. His recent work has centred on the Renaissance anatomist, Andreas Vesalius, and included studies of two major sets of unpublished annotations prepared by Vesalius for revised versions of his most important works.

Current Post

University College London Emeritus Professor of the History of Medicine

Past appointments

University College London Professor of the History of Medicine

1993 - 2009

University College London Senior Lecturer

1977 - 1993

Selwyn College, University of Cambridge Director of Studies in Classics; Fellow

1969 - 1977

Selwyn College University of Cambridge Research Fellow

1967 - 1969

Publications

Galen, On problematical movements

Vivian Nutton - Published in 2011 by Cambridge University Press

Girolamo Mercuriale, De Arte Gymnastica

Vivian Nutton - Published in 2008 by Firenze : L.S. Olschk

Ancient Medicine

Vivian Nutton - Published in 2004 by Routledge

Galen, On my own opinions

Vivian Nutton - Published in 1999 by De Gruyter

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